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Page 105 of Systema Naturae by Carolus Linnaeus, 13th edition (1767), printed in Vienna.

Front covers of the 1st (1963) and 2nd (1967) editions of the Mikhail Lobashev's textbook Genetics, the first post-Lysenko textbook of genetics in Russia.

HMS Beagle longitudinal section (1832).

Page 149 from a 1900 Russian edition of Alfred Edmund Brehm's Tierleben illustrating the concept of Гады (Amphibia) as of the late XIXth century.

A page from a 1935 Calendar (USSR), illustrating the concept of шестидневка (sixday).

A diagrammatic section of human brain by René Descartes (1664).

Vladimir Komarov (1869—1945), a picture from V. L. Komarov Opera Selecta. Vol. I. Editio Academiae Scientiarum URSS, Mosquae—Leninopoli, 1945.

Vladimir Komarov, faximile signature, from V. L. Komarov Opera Selecta. Vol. I. Editio Academiae Scientiarum URSS, Mosquae—Leninopoli, 1945.

Olga Lepeshinskaia, a picture from Lepeshinskaia, O. Proiskhozhdenie kletok iz zhivogo veschestva i rol zhivogo veschestva v organizme. Moscow, 1950.

Olga Lepeshinskaia, a picture from Lepeshinskaia, O. Razvitie zhiznennykh protsessov v dokletochnom periode. Moscow, 1952.

Peter Simon Pallas (1741—1811), A reproduction of the 18c picture by F. Anting in B. E. Raikov Russkie biologi-evolutionisty do Darvina. Vol. 1. Izdatelstvo Acad. Nauk, Moscow—Leningrad, 1952. p. 51.

Peter Simon Pallas (1741—1811), A reproduction of the 18c picture by A. Tardier in B. E. Raikov Russkie biologi-evolutionisty do Darvina. Vol. 1. Izdatelstvo Acad. Nauk, Moscow—Leningrad, 1952. Photographic plate after p. 64.

Peter Simon Pallas (1741—1811), A reproduction of the 18c picture by A. Tardier in B. E. Raikov Russkie biologi-evolutionisty do Darvina. Vol. 1. Izdatelstvo Acad. Nauk, Moscow—Leningrad, 1952. Photographic plate after p. 64. Greyscale version.

Caspar Friedrich Wolff (1734—1794), A reproduction of the 18c picture by F. Anting in C. F. Wolff Objecta meditationum pro theoria monstrorum. Sumptibus Acad. Sci. URSS, Typis Nauka, Leninopoli, MCMLXXIII (1973).

Boris Firsov (b. 1929), a Russian sociologist and the first rector of the European University at St. Petersburg, at a roundtable "Culture and Power: Agenda 2008" (St. Petersburg, Russia, March 15, 2008).

Lev Klejn (b. 1927), a Russian Archeologist and Anthropologist, giving a public lecture at Bukvoed in St. Petersburg, Russia (March 17, 2007)

Stanislav Markelov (1974-2009), a Russian a human rights lawyer and journalist at a seminar in Bilingua club (Moscow) on November 13, 2007 (assasinated on January 19, 2009 in Moscow).

Vadim Radaev (b. 1961), a Russian Sociologist and Economist, gives a talk at the Higher School of Economics in St. Petersburg, Russia (February 21, 2008)

Simon Schaffer (b. 1955), a British historian of Science at a summer school in the European University at St. Petersburg, Russia (July 2001).

Yuri Shevchuk (b. 1957), a Russian rock star, at a roundtable "Culture and Power: Agenda 2008" (St. Petersburg, Russia, March 15, 2008)

Laurent Thévenot (b. 1948), Directeur d'études at the Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales, Paris (presenting a paper at a seminar in the European University at St Petersburg, Russia, early 2000s).

Vladimir Vasiliev (b. 1951), Rector of the Saint Petersburg State University of Information Technologies, Mechanics and Optics at the opening ceremony of the Russian Wiki Conference (crop) (St Petersburg, Russia, October 27, 2007)

Anatoly Vishnevsky (b. 1935), a Russian Demographer and Sociologist at a seminar of the Demography Institute of the State University - Higher School of Economics (Moscow, February 15, 2007)

Immanuel Wallerstein (b. 1930), a sociologist, giving a talk at a seminar in the European University at St Petersburg (St Petersburg, May 24, 2008)

Ruwiki users (left to right): Mashiah Davidson (black), Eugenii (a non-wiki guest), Кондратьев, Stassats, DrBug, Mar, Kaganer.

Ruwiki users (left to right): Кондратьев, Kaganer, Eugenii (a non-wiki guest), Stassats, Mashiah Davidson (black).

Ruwiki users (left to right): Eugenii (a non-wiki guest), Кондратьев, DrBug.

Ruwiki users (clockwise): Asta (pixelised), Ctac, Kartmen, Incnis Mrsi, Evgeny Genkin, Wulfson, Roman Bekker, Alexander Sigachev, AndyVolykhov, and Kv75.

Ruwiki users (clockwise): Asta (pixelised), Ctac, Kartmen, Incnis Mrsi, Evgeny Genkin, Wulfson, Roman Bekker, Alexander Sigachev, AndyVolykhov, and Kv75.

Ruwiki users Alexander Sigachev, AndyVolykhov, and Roman Bekker

Ruwiki user Alexander Sigachev.

Ruwiki user Ctac.

Ruwiki user Evgeny Genkin.

Ruwiki users Evgeny Genkin and Wulfson

Ruwiki user Incnis Mrsi.

Ruwiki user Kartmen.

Ruwiki users Panther and Evgeny Genkin.

Ruwiki user Wulfson.

Ruwiki users Wulfson and Roman Bekker.

RuWiki users debating the forthcoming WikiConference

RuWiki users Dr. Bykov, Mar, and Kv75

RuWiki users Dr. Bykov and Mar

RuWiki users Kv75 and ChVA

RuWiki user Yuri Piotrovski (Пиотровский Юрий)

RuWiki users Kv75 and AndreyA

RuWiki user Medved'

Vladimir Vasiliev, Rector of the Saint Petersburg State University of Information Technologies, Mechanics and Optics at the opening ceremony of the Russian Wiki Conference.

RuWiki conference in St Petersburg, Roundtable goes on...

RuWiki conference in St Petersburg, Roundtable Session on NPOV. Falun Gong practitioners.

RuWiki conference in St Petersburg, A.Sokolov.

RuWiki conference in St Petersburg, Dmitry Gerasimov.

RuWiki conference in St Petersburg, DrBug & Kaganer.

RuWiki conference in St Petersburg, Mar & Medved.

RuWiki conference in St Petersburg, Putnik.

RuWiki conference in St Petersburg, Putnik & Solon.

RuWiki conference in St Petersburg, Solon & DrBug.

RuWiki conference in St Petersburg, Ilyamartch & Kondratiev.

RuWiki conference in St Petersburg, Ilyamartch & Kondratiev.

RuWiki conference in St Petersburg, Tosha.

RuWiki conference in St Petersburg, Yanachka & FearChild.

RuWiki conference in St Petersburg, DrBug speaks at the closing ceremony.

RuWiki conference in St Petersburg, group photo at the closing ceremony. 2007/10/28.

Euglena sp. A diagrammatic drawing.

Elaphurus davidianus a male in the St. Petersburg ZOO.

Andrewsarchus mongoliensis, a skull cast in the BMNH

Thylacosmilus sp., a skull in the BMNH

Diagram of the skulls of a Monitor lizard and a Crocodile with homologous bones coloured the same colours. Modified from Gegenbaur, Carl Grundzüge der vergleichenden Anatomie. 2. umgearb. Auflage. Mit 319 Holzschnitten. Leipzig, Verl. von Wilhelm Engelmann, 1870. 892 pp. fig. 202. p. 651. A. Varanus. B. Crocodilus. Os — Occipitale superius. C — Condylus occipitalis. Pa — Parietale. Pf — Postrforntale. Fr — Frontale. Pfr — Praefrontale. L — Lacrymale. N — Nasale. Sq — Squamosum. Qj — Quadratojugale. Ju — Jugale. Q — Quadratum. Mx — Maxillare. Px — Praemaxillare. co — Columella.

Diagram of the hand skeleton showing homologous bones in various animals. Gegenbaur, Carl Grundzüge der vergleichenden Anatomie. 2. umgearb. Auflage. Mit 319 Holzschnitten. Leipzig, Verl. von Wilhelm Engelmann, 1870. 892 pp. fig. 223. p. 692. I Man. II Dog. III Pig. IV Cow. V Tapir. VI Horse. r — Radius. u — Ulna. a — Scaphoid. b — Lunare. c — Triquetrum. d — Trapezium. e — Trapezoid. f — Capitatum. g — Hamatum. p — Pisiforme.

Diagram representing the divergence of species, from Charles Darwin's Origin of Species (1859) (the only original illustration to the book).

Diagram, showing the modes of the evolutionary process: aromorphosis (a), idioadaptation (b), and general degeneration (r). From Sewertzoff, Nikolai A. Morfologicheskie zakonomernosti evoliutsii. (Morphological principles of evolution) Moscow—Leningrad, Acad. Sci., 1939. 610 p. Diagram XXII at the p. 330.

Telolecithal egg. Diagrammatic section.

Centrolecithal egg. Diagrammatic section.

Life-cycle diagrams. 1 — meiosis (reduction); 2 — mitosis (replication); 3 — sexual process (recombination). A — meiosis leads to the formation of meiospores (e. g. in Vascular plants); B — meiosis leads to the formation of gametes (e. g. in Metazoa); C — meiosis immediately follows the formation of a zygote (e. g. in Fungi).

Atelocerata embryo head diagram. Oc — eye lobes, Ant — antennae, Lbr — labrum, Int — intercalar segment, Md — mandibula, Mx1-2 1st and 2nd maxillae.

Diagram, showing different types of graft-chimaeras in plants. A and B: "parent" plants' diagrammatic cross-sections. C, D, and E: different kinds of graft-chimaeras. C - periclinal, D - sectorial, E - mericlinal. Based on Ervin Baur's work on the experimental study of heredity (1910).

Prion propagation cycle.

A diagrammatic cross-section of an axoneme as seen from the top of the undulipodia: 1A and 1B — peripherial microtubules, 2 — central pair of microtubules in the central sheath, 3 — dineine arms, 4 — radial spoke, 5 — nexin, 6 — plasma membrane.

Mature human mRNA structure (including untranslated regions).

Two seemingly different, though identical, cladograms, illustrating the idea that neither shape, nor a particular arrangement of the terminal branches really matters. The only information included in the cladogram is the information on the nested pattern of the sister-group relationships.

Myriapoda phylogeny displaying Collifera and Progoneata hypotheses (after Kluge, 2000).

Mollusca phyloheny (after Salvini-Plawen and Steiner, 1996, simplified).

Irregular hexagonal pyramid.

Squaring the circle.

Spirograph — a geometric drawing toy.

Nautical chronometer at the Museum of Kymenlaakso Polytechnic (Kotka, Finland).

Russian Emperor Flag at the Langinkoski Imperial Fishing Lodge

Canon PowerShot A80 camera.

A page from a 1798 book (G. Cuvier, Tableau élémentaire de l'Histoire Naturelle des Animaux, 8°) showing diverse watermarks.

Aspirator — a simple device for catching insects. A diagrammatic section.

Entomologists using black light to attract moths in Leningrad region.

Entomologists using black light to attract moths in Leningrad region.

Russian billiards balls.

Russian billiards ball at a side pocket.

Russian billiards ball at a corner pocket.

Russian billiards table markup.

Russian billiards table markup. Marks: 1 — fore, 2 — middle, 3 — hind. Lines: 4 — home, 5 — middle, 6 — for penalty balls.

Debarking machine at the historical Verla groundwood and board mill (Finland).

Grinder (a groundwood production machine) at the historical Verla groundwood and board mill (Finland).

Logs in the grinder at the historical Verla groundwood and board mill (Finland).

Board drying in the Winter drying loft of the historical Verla groundwood and board mill (Finland).

Board drying oven in the Winter drying loft of the historical Verla groundwood and board mill (Finland).

An off-line calender at the historical Verla groundwood and board mill (Finland).

Board calibration balance at the historical Verla groundwood and board mill (Finland).

Chupa, a small settlement on the White Sea, as seen from the gulf of Chupa (southern coast of Kandalaksha Gulf)

Second Elagin bridge. St Petersburg, Srednaya Nevka river.

Second Elagin bridge, armature closeup. St Petersburg, Srednaya Nevka river.

Bolshoi Krestovskii bridge. St Petersburg, Malaia Nevka river.

Bolshoi Krestovskii bridge, oblique view. St Petersburg, Malaia Nevka river.

Bolshoi Krestovskii bridge, fence. St Petersburg, Malaia Nevka river.

Bolshoi Krestovskii bridge, lantern. St Petersburg, Malaia Nevka river.

Lazarevskii bridge St Petersburg, Malaia Nevka river (as seen from the water level).

Lazarevskii bridge St Petersburg, Malaia Nevka river (as seen from the street level).

First Garden bridge, fence. St Petersburg, Moika river.

First Garden bridge, lantern. St Petersburg, Moika river.

Second Garden bridge, fence. St Petersburg, Moika river.

Bolshoi Koniushennyi bridge. St Petersburg, Moika river.

Bolshoi Koniushennyi bridge, fence. St Petersburg, Moika river.

Bolshoi Koniushennyi bridge, lantern. St Petersburg, Moika river.

Fonarnyi bridge. St Petersburg, Moika river.

Fonarnyi bridge, lantern. St Petersburg, Moika river.

Krasnoflotskii bridge. St Petersburg, Moika river.

Krasnoflotskii bridge, fence. St Petersburg, Moika river.

Krasnoflotskii bridge, lantern. St Petersburg, Moika river.

Khrapovitskii bridge St Petersburg, Moika river.

Novo-Koniushennyi bridge, fence. St Petersburg, Griboedov canal.

Italian (Italianskii) bridge. St Petersburg, Griboedov canal.

Italian (Italianskii) bridge. St Petersburg, Griboedov canal.

Italian (Italianskii) bridge, detail. St Petersburg, Griboedova canal.

Muchnoi Bridge. St Petersburg, Griboedov canal.

Muchnoi Bridge, a perspective view. St Petersburg, Griboedov canal.

Muchnoi Bridge, fence. St Petersburg, Griboedov canal.

Demidov Bridge. St Petersburg, Griboedov canal.

Demidov Bridge, detail. St Petersburg, Griboedov canal.

Kokushkin Bridge. St Petersburg, Griboedov canal.

Kokushkin Bridge, detail. St Petersburg, Griboedov canal.

Podiacheskii bridge. St Petersburg, Griboedov canal.

Podiacheskii bridge, lantern. St Petersburg, Griboedova canal.

Voznesenskii Bridge. St Petersburg, Griboedov canal.

Voznesenskii Bridge, detail. St Petersburg, Griboedov canal.

Voznesenskii Bridge, lantern. St Petersburg, Griboedov canal.

Kharlamov Bridge. St Petersburg, Griboedov canal.

Kharlamov Bridge, fence. St Petersburg, Griboedov canal.

Novo-nikolskii bridge. St Petersburg, Griboedov canal.

Novo-nikolskii bridge, fence. St Petersburg, Griboedov canal.

Prachechnyi bridge. St Petersburg, Fontanka river.

Panteleimonovskii bridge. St Petersburg, Fontanka river.

Panteleimonovskii bridge. St Petersburg, Fontanka river.

Leshtukov bridge. St Petersburg, Fontanka river.

Leshtukov bridge, fence. St Petersburg, Fontanka river.

Leshtukov bridge, lantern. St Petersburg, Fontanka river.

Gorstkin bridge St Petersburg, Fontanka river.

Obukhovskii bridge. St Petersburg, Fontanka river.

Obukhovskii bridge, lantern. St Petersburg, Fontanka river.

Novo-Petergofskii bridge, fence. St Petersburg, Obvodnyi Canal.

Krasnooktiabskii bridge. St Petersburg, Obvodnyi Canal.

Krasnooktiabskii bridge, fence. St Petersburg, Obvodnyi Canal.

Krasnooktiabskii bridge, lantern. St Petersburg, Obvodnyi Canal.

Borisov bridge. St Petersburg, Obvodnyi Canal

Borisov bridge, a perspective view. St Petersburg, Obvodnyi Canal.

Borisov bridge, fence. St Petersburg, Obvodnyi Canal.

Novo-Kalinkin bridge. St Petersburg, Obvodnyi Canal.

Novo-Kalinkin bridge, fence. St Petersburg, Obvodnyi Canal.

Novo-Kalinkin bridge, lantern. St Petersburg, Obvodnyi Canal.

Tarakanovskii bridge. St Petersburg, Obvodnyi Canal.

Tarakanovskii bridge, fence. St Petersburg, Obvodnyi Canal.

Tarakanovskii bridge, lantern. St Petersburg, Obvodnyi Canal.

Stepan Razin bridge. St Petersburg, Obvodnyi Canal.

Stepan Razin bridge, fence. St Petersburg, Obvodnyi Canal.

Dekabristov bridge. St Petersburg, Kriukov Canal.

Dekabristov bridge, fence. St Petersburg, Kriukov Canal.

Torgovyi bridge. St Petersburg, Kriukov Canal.

Torgovyi bridge, lantern. St Petersburg, Kriukov Canal.

Kashin bridge. St Petersburg, Kriukov Canal.

Kashin bridge, fence. St Petersburg, Kriukov Canal.

Staro-Nikolskii bridge, upstream view. St Petersburg, Kriukov Canal.

Staro-Nikolskii bridge, downstream view. St Petersburg, Kriukov Canal.

Staro-Nikolskii bridge, fence. St Petersburg, Kriukov Canal.

Smezhnyi bridge. St Petersburg, Kriukov Canal.

Smezhnyi bridge across Kriukov Canal (left) and Krasnoarmeiskii bridge across Fontanka (right), St Petersburg.

Smezhnyi bridge, fence. St Petersburg, Kriukov Canal.

Monument commemorating the victims of the political oppression in the USSR: a stone from Solovki concentration camp installed in front of the KGB headquarters at Loubianka square in Moscow on October 30, 1990.

The grave of a Russian entomologist Boris Schwanwitsch (1889—1957) with a diagrammatic depiction of the groundplan of the colour-pattern of butterflies' wings according to his theories (as of June 11, 2008).

Kymenlaakson ammattikorkeakoulu merenkulku (Marine school of the Kymenlaakson Polytechnic) in Kotka, Finland.

Kotka maretarium (A freshwater aquarium in Kotka, Finland)

The big aquarium of the Kotka Maretarium.

Langinkoski Imperial Fishing Lodge near Kotka, Finland.

"Sovremennik" theatre in Moscow, Russia

European University at St Petersburg logo

Филогения живых организмов

The phylogenetic hypothesis for the four genera of Diomedeidae (after Nunn et al 1996)

Three kinds of chelicerae

Male Horseshoe Crab from below: Ch - chelicerae, PdP - pedipalpi (modified to grasp females during copulation), Pd - walking legs

Orthognathous chelicerae of Atrax robustus

Labidognathous chelicerae of Metellina sp.